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Ancient Greek wooden tools push back tool use to 430,000 years ago
archaeology29 days ago

Ancient Greek wooden tools push back tool use to 430,000 years ago

Archaeologists in Greece uncovered 430,000-year-old handheld wooden tools at the Marathousa site on the Peloponnese—the oldest known of their kind and about 130,000 years before Homo sapiens. One tool is a long digging-stick-like piece about 81 cm (31.9 inches) and fragmented; the other is a small 5.7 cm (2.2 inches) debarked piece of wood. The discovery, preserved by wet soils near a lakeshore, suggests early hominins used diverse materials (including wood) for different tasks, likely made by species such as Homo heidelbergensis or early Neanderthals, broadening our understanding of ancient technology and behavior.

via Live Science|
#archaeology#greece#human-evolution
Ancient Greece Reveals 430,000-Year-Old Handheld Wooden Tools
archaeology1 month ago

Ancient Greece Reveals 430,000-Year-Old Handheld Wooden Tools

Researchers at Marathousa 1 in Greece have identified the oldest known handheld wooden tools, dated to about 430,000 years ago. The finds include two wood fragments showing shaping and use—a digging stick likely used near the lakeshore and a small finger-held tool—made from alder and willow/poplar. A third alder fragment bears deep claw marks from a bear, indicating co-occurrence with large predators. Preserved by waterlogged sediments, the tools demonstrate careful material choice and suggest early humans exploited local wetland resources, pushing back the record for wooden artifacts in southeastern Europe by at least 40,000 years.

via Archaeology News Online Magazine|
#archaeology#greece#marathousa-1
Ancient Greek Lake-Side Finds Push Wooden Tool Use Back to 430,000 Years
science1 month ago

Ancient Greek Lake-Side Finds Push Wooden Tool Use Back to 430,000 Years

Archaeologists in Greece uncovered two wooden artifacts—one a roughly 80 cm digging-stick and another a smaller tool possibly used to shape stones—dated (via site age) to about 430,000 years, making them among the oldest wooden tools known. Their preservation in a wet, sediment-rich environment suggests they offer rare insight into early human tech, though it remains unclear who used them (Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens, or other hominins).

via ScienceAlert|
#ancient-history#archaeology#early-humans
430,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed at Greek lake site
science1 month ago

430,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed at Greek lake site

Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece have been identified as the oldest wooden tools uncovered to date, dating to about 430,000 years ago. One is a roughly 80-centimeter digging stick, while the other is a smaller handheld piece of willow or poplar wood that may have been used to shape stone tools. The tools come from a wet, well-preserved context in the Megalopolis basin, and although the exact users aren’t known, they could have been Neanderthals or other early human ancestors. Wood tools are rarely preserved, making this discovery a rare glimpse into early technology, with more finds expected at the site.

via Yahoo|
#archaeology#greece#megalopolis
Ancient Wooden Structures Unearthed in Zambia Rewrite History
archaeology2 years ago

Ancient Wooden Structures Unearthed in Zambia Rewrite History

Archaeologists have discovered 500,000-year-old wooden structures and tools at the Kalambo Falls in Zambia, dating back over 476,000 years. These findings, with no known parallels, challenge previous understanding of early human capabilities. The structures demonstrate the use of wooden tools and the construction of platforms and constructions from massive tree trunks. The wet conditions at the falls contributed to the preservation of the wooden materials. The discovery predates the earliest Homo sapien fossils, leading to confusion about which ancient human species created these structures.

via Hindustan Times|
#ancient-structures#archaeology#early-humans